Punjab utilised only 1/3rd of Samagra Shiksha funds for digital infra in schools
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Punjab utilised only 1/3rd of Samagra Shiksha funds for digital infra in schools

Hindustan Times  

Punjab utilised only 33% of the funds allocated for digital infrastructure in schools under the Samagra Shiksha scheme over the past five years. These funds were sanctioned under the ICT and Digital Initiatives component of Samagra Shiksha for government schools having classes 6 to 12 following the approval of the annual work plan and budget proposal of the state government by the project approval board of the Union ministry of education. The central government allocated ₹198.62 crore to the Punjab government between the financial years 2020-21 and 2024-25 under the integrated scheme for school education to establish 1,910 Information and Communication Technology labs and 3,885 smart classrooms in government schools in the state. As per the scheme’s financial provisions, a non-recurring grant of up to ₹6.40 lakh per school, depending on school enrolment, is allocated for the establishment of ICT labs whereas a non-recurring grant of ₹2.40 lakh is given for two smart classrooms per school along with the recurring grant of ₹38,000 per school per year for e-content and digital resources. According to the ministry of education data, the central government sanctioned ₹102.62 crore over the past five years to establish 1,910 ICT labs.

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Samagra Shiksha wing to set up 125 specialised centres to help students facing autism-related challenges
1 day, 22 hours ago

Samagra Shiksha wing to set up 125 specialised centres to help students facing autism-related challenges

The Hindu  

Andhra Pradesh is the first State in the country to establish 125 specialised autism centres across the State to help students facing autism-related challenges, said the State Project Director of Samagra Shiksha B. Srinivasa Rao. Mr. Rao said the allocated funds would be utilised to strengthen Bhavita Kendras, where special training is given to disabled children and to promote vocational …

Project Alankar: 11 U.P. govt-aided Sanskrit schools set for revamp, ₹2.91 cr approved
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Project Alankar: 11 U.P. govt-aided Sanskrit schools set for revamp, ₹2.91 cr approved

Hindustan Times  

Eleven government-aided Sanskrit secondary schools of Uttar Pradesh that are over 50 years old, are all set to get a major revamp, with support from the state government. Students at a Sanskrit secondary school in Prayagraj For the exercise, ₹2.91 crore has been approved and ₹1.10 crore has been released as the first instalment under Project Alankar— a state government …

Punjab releases ₹15 crore for purchase of books in govt school libraries
3 weeks ago

Punjab releases ₹15 crore for purchase of books in govt school libraries

Hindustan Times  

With an aim to inculcate reading habit in government school students, the Punjab government has released a grant of ₹15 crore for the purchase of books for government school libraries. A grant of ₹ 1.28 crore has been released for Hoshiarpur, followed by ₹ 1.23 crore for Ludhiana, ₹ 1.13 crore for Gurdaspur, ₹ 1.07 crore for Jalandhar and ₹ …

TN released funds for govt school maintenance
1 month ago

TN released funds for govt school maintenance

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The school education department has released Rs 61.5 crore as the second instalment of the composite school grant for maintenance work in government schools across Tamil Nadu. The state department released the funds despite the union government withholding Rs 2,152 crore of Samagra Shiksha funds, under which the grant was sanctioned. The project approval board of the Samagra Shiksha …

Why is ICT not being taught as separate subject in schools, asks Annamalai
1 month, 1 week ago

Why is ICT not being taught as separate subject in schools, asks Annamalai

The Hindu  

BJP State president K. Annamalai on Thursday questioned how many Information and Communication Technology Labs are functioning in government and government-aided schools in Tamil Nadu and why ICT was not being taught as a separate subject in the curriculum. In a statement, Mr. Annamalai said as per the provisions of the Samagra Shiksha scheme, students from Class VI to XII …

Samagra Shiksha: Union government delaying disbursement of ₹2,400 crore due to T.N., says Minister
1 month, 1 week ago

Samagra Shiksha: Union government delaying disbursement of ₹2,400 crore due to T.N., says Minister

The Hindu  

The Union government has been “delaying” the disbursement of funds to the tune of ₹2,400 crore due to Tamil Nadu under the Samagra Shiksha scheme, Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said on Tuesday. Citing figures provided by the Union government, it pointed out that the Centre has released ₹17,632 crore to all States and Union territories under the …

Government schools bear full brunt as Tamil Nadu, centre tussle over funds
1 month, 1 week ago

Government schools bear full brunt as Tamil Nadu, centre tussle over funds

New Indian Express  

‘Fund crunch makes dept hesitant to sanction infrastructure projects’ However, with less than three months left in the academic year, the second installment has not yet been released. On Tuesday, School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, in a statement, said the state government had formed a committee, headed by the school education secretary, to review the MoU for PM-SHRI schools. …

Kerala Budget 2025: school education outlay rises by 5%
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kerala Budget 2025: school education outlay rises by 5%

The Hindu  

Outlay for school education has gone up in the State Budget for 2025-26. Balagopal has earmarked ₹1,083.82 crore for school education, an increase of nearly 5% from the ₹1,032.62 crore allocated in the past financial year. With the Left Democratic Front government rolling out a comprehensive education plan to improve academic excellence in the new academic year, the Budget has …

Union Budget 2025-26: Key allocations and initiatives for education
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Union Budget 2025-26: Key allocations and initiatives for education

The Hindu  

Focussed on the theme of “Sabka Vikas,” the Union Buget 2025-26 emphasizes the importance of investment in people, economy, and innovation as a significant engine on the journey to reach the goal of “Viksit Bharat.” Accordingly, to minimize the skill gap in the country by making quality education accessible, the Ministry of Education has been allocated ₹1,28,650 crore, 6.22% more …

Push for AI, expansion of five IITs, education budget gets over 6 per cent hike
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Push for AI, expansion of five IITs, education budget gets over 6 per cent hike

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: From a major push to Artificial Intelligence to the expansion of five new IITs, which will accommodate 6,500 more students and focus on quality school education and innovation, the education sector saw a hike of over six per cent in the Union Budget 2025 from the previous budget. This figure exceeds the revised estimate of Rs 1.14 lakh …

SSK to implement ₹890-crore projects next academic year
1 month, 3 weeks ago

SSK to implement ₹890-crore projects next academic year

The Hindu  

The Samagra Shiksha Kerala plans to implement projects to the tune of ₹890 crore in the public education sector in the 2025-26 academic year. A governing council meeting of the School Education Development Society of Kerala gave its nod for the SSK and STARS activities amid the Union government withholding funds of the Samagra Shiksha scheme to the State for …

Budget 2025: Increase in allocation to focus on Education 4.0
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2025: Increase in allocation to focus on Education 4.0

Live Mint  

Budget 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present Union Budget 2025 in the Parliament on February 1, following the tradition of recent years. Ahead of the announcement of the second full-fledged budget of the Modi 3.0 government, it's time to look at the expectations of education sector stakeholders from the upcoming financial document that will govern the future …

Kerala likely to implement PM-SHRI: Minister
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala likely to implement PM-SHRI: Minister

The Hindu  

Kerala Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has indicated that the State will implement the PM-SHRI scheme though no final decision has been taken. The State is yet to receive final two instalments of the Union government share of the Samagra Shiksha scheme for the 2023-24 financial year and two instalments for the 2024-25 fiscal. The State said a statement …

For Over 70,000 Students, Classrooms Are Their Homes; Tamil Nadu Leads List: Centre
1 year, 7 months ago

For Over 70,000 Students, Classrooms Are Their Homes; Tamil Nadu Leads List: Centre

News 18  

There are 72,186 students whose education is based in their home instead of any school in the country for the year 2023-24, the Union education ministry has said. Of the 72,186 students, Tamil Nadu has 11,400 students who don’t go to schools but learn their lessons sitting in their homes. “The policy recommends providing the choice for home-based education for …

Govt eyes ₹2,854 crore CSR funding for education sector
1 year, 7 months ago

Govt eyes ₹2,854 crore CSR funding for education sector

The Hindu  

Karnataka government is looking at increasing CSR spending in the education sector and skilling of youth across the State, as it has drawn up the CSR requirement to be about ₹2,854 crore for the year 2023-2024. It is Lion’s share Between 2016 to 2017 and 2020 to 2021, more than 50% of the CSR funds have been spent on the …

Chandigarh admn to set up Vidya Samiksha Kendra to monitor govt schools
1 year, 11 months ago

Chandigarh admn to set up Vidya Samiksha Kendra to monitor govt schools

Hindustan Times  

The UT education department is working on establishing a centralised Vidya Samiksha Kendra to keep a track on activities of all government schools in the city. A senior official from the UT education department said the Vidya Samiksha Kendra will be set up at a cost of ₹ 2 crore under Samagra Shiksha, Chandigarh. The UT education department is also …

Only about 50% of allocated funds for Samagra Shiksha scheme released till February
1 year, 11 months ago

Only about 50% of allocated funds for Samagra Shiksha scheme released till February

The Hindu  

Just a month before the financial year of 2022-23 comes to a close, in February, the Centre had released just a little over 50% of the total allocated funds for the Samagra Shiksha scheme run by the Ministry of Education. The latest data available with the MoE reveals that, of the allocated ₹37,383 crore for FY2022-23, up to ₹19,709 crore …

Literacy rate in India | Bihar lowest at 61.8%, Kerala highest at 94%
2 years ago

Literacy rate in India | Bihar lowest at 61.8%, Kerala highest at 94%

India Today  

According to the Ministry of Education, Bihar has the lowest literacy rate in India at 61.8%, followed by Arunachal Pradesh at 65.3% and Rajasthan at 66.1%. IMPROVING ADULT LITERACY RATE The Samagra Shiksha Scheme aims to provide universal access and retention in education, bridging gender and social category gaps, and enhancing learning levels from pre-school to senior secondary levels. To …

Budget 2023: Education Ministry gets highest-ever allocation of ₹1.12 lakh cr
2 years, 1 month ago

Budget 2023: Education Ministry gets highest-ever allocation of ₹1.12 lakh cr

Hindustan Times  

In the 2023-24 financial year, the central government plans to spend over ₹1.12 lakh crore in the education sector. Education Budget 2023 Live Updates In Budget 2023, Education Ministry has received highest-ever allocation of ₹ 1.12 lakh crore This is also the highest-ever budget allocated to the ministry. As per revised estimates of 2022-23 financial year shown in budget documents, …

Union Budget 2023: What are the pre-budget expectations for EdTech industry and education sector?
2 years, 1 month ago

Union Budget 2023: What are the pre-budget expectations for EdTech industry and education sector?

India Today  

Back in 2020 when the world came to a standstill, no one expected that the need to revolutionise education would be this urgent. SUDDEN SHIFT TO ONLINE LEARNING Speaking about the expectations from Union Budget 2023, Rishabh Khanna, Founder, and CEO of Suraasa shares, “As we stand in 2023 and students are back in the classrooms, we can see the …

TN Schools not Being Able to Carry out Maintenance Work due to Funds Delay
2 years, 4 months ago

TN Schools not Being Able to Carry out Maintenance Work due to Funds Delay

News 18  

The delay in releasing funds from the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan has led to schools in Tamil Nadu not being able to properly carry out maintenance work before the onset of the monsoon which is slated to arrive in the state on Saturday. The funds are used for maintenance works, including minor repairs in the schools buildings, installing drinking water facilities, …

Rs 1,120 crore released for Nadu-Nedu in schools this fiscal, says Jagan
2 years, 5 months ago

Rs 1,120 crore released for Nadu-Nedu in schools this fiscal, says Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said on Thursday that a total of Rs 1120 crore was released for rejuvenation of schools under the Nadu-Nedu programme this fiscal. During a review meeting of the Education Department, the CM asked education officials to take swift action on reports emanating from village secretariats about various issues related to the running of …

Union ministry of education moots ₹1,103-cr boost for Punjab under Samagra Shiksha scheme
2 years, 10 months ago

Union ministry of education moots ₹1,103-cr boost for Punjab under Samagra Shiksha scheme

Hindustan Times  

The Union ministry of education has proposed an outlay of ₹1,102.91 crore for Punjab for the financial year 2022-23 under the flagship Samagra Shiksha scheme for school education. The fund allocation conveyed by the Union ministry of education under the Centrally The fund allocation conveyed by the ministry under the Centrally The ministry has earmarked ₹707.73 crore for elementary education …

Uttarakhand to introduce Vedas, Gita, Upanishad in school curriculum
2 years, 10 months ago

Uttarakhand to introduce Vedas, Gita, Upanishad in school curriculum

Firstpost  

Uttarakhand education minister Dhan Singh Rawat on Sunday said that the state government is considering including the Vedas, Upanishads and Geeta in the school curriculum. The education minister was speaking at the inauguration of the Pariksha Parv 4.0 programme at Doon University organised by the state commission for protection of child rights and education department. Speaking on the Centre’s help …

TN Budget: Girls from govt. schools to get ₹1,000 a month till completion of higher education
3 years ago

TN Budget: Girls from govt. schools to get ₹1,000 a month till completion of higher education

The Hindu  

The DMK government on Friday made two major announcements benefiting government school students -- it would provide a monthly assistance of ₹1,000 to all girl students, who studied from Class 6 to 12 in government schools, until the completion of their graduation or diploma and it would also bear the education expenses of both boys and girls from these schools …

Education Bill for first time crosses Rs.1 lakh crore
3 years, 1 month ago

Education Bill for first time crosses Rs.1 lakh crore

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed setting up a digital university on the ‘hub-and-spoke’ model and expansion of ’one class-one TV channel’ programme through 200 channels for providing supplementary education in regional languages in schools. The overall financial allocation for the education sector for 2022-23 has increased to Rs 1.04 lakh crore — said to be for the first …

₹1,126-crore boost for Punjab under Samagra Shiksha plan
3 years, 6 months ago

₹1,126-crore boost for Punjab under Samagra Shiksha plan

Hindustan Times  

The Union ministry of education has approved a budget of ₹1,126 crore for school education and teacher training in Punjab for financial year 2021-22 under the Samagra Shiksha programme. The budget, which includes funds recurring and non-recurring expenditure, is 25% higher than the tentative fund allocation of ₹906 crore indicated to the state government by the central ministry in April …

Govt okays SS 2.0 with an expenditure of ₹2.94 tn
3 years, 7 months ago

Govt okays SS 2.0 with an expenditure of ₹2.94 tn

Live Mint  

The Union government approved on Wednesday the second leg of the flagship school education scheme Samagra Shiksha that will entail a total expenditure of ₹2.94 trillion for the Centre and the states. The SS 2.0 for the first time makes pre-schools part of the formal education system across India as the ministry and the NEP look to improve early education, …

Karnataka will have 8,500 smart classrooms by year-end: Deputy CM
3 years, 8 months ago

Karnataka will have 8,500 smart classrooms by year-end: Deputy CM

India Today  

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwatha Narayana on Saturday distributed free digital tablets among students of Government First Grade College, Malleshwaram. Speaking on the occasion, the Deputy CM said, “The government wants to bridge the digital divide, and ensure that the health of the students do not get affected during the Covid-19 crisis.” He further added that the Karnataka government …

Uttarakhand madrassas to get smart classes, visual tools and internet: Reports
4 years ago

Uttarakhand madrassas to get smart classes, visual tools and internet: Reports

Op India  

In a major development, the Prime Minister’s 15-Point Programme Implementation Committee in Uttarakhand has sent a proposal to set up smart classes in madrassas that are registered with the State Madrassa Education Board, reported The Times of India. The Prime Minister’s 15-Point Programme Implementation Committee in Uttarakhand has been seeking ₹27 crores from the Central government for the project. Apart …

'Got onboard 30 crore students for digital learning': Ramesh Pokhriyal on Budget Sammelan 2021
4 years, 1 month ago

'Got onboard 30 crore students for digital learning': Ramesh Pokhriyal on Budget Sammelan 2021

India TV News  

Union Education Minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday shed light on India's giant leaps in the education sector. Speaking on India TV's special show Budget Sammelan 2021, he said that the ministry undertook the herculean task of getting onboard as many as 25-30 crore students online for digital learning amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown. School education budget too rose by …

Govt Cuts Education Spending by Rs 6,000 Crore in Budget 2021, Allocation Lowest in 3 Years
4 years, 1 month ago

Govt Cuts Education Spending by Rs 6,000 Crore in Budget 2021, Allocation Lowest in 3 Years

News 18  

In the first post-pandemic budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the spending on education has been reduced by Rs 6,076 crores from Rs 99,300 crore in 2020 to Rs 93,224 in 2021. The education budget this time is the lowest in three years — with school education taking the biggest cut of almost Rs 5,000 crore — and the …

Rs 4,684 crore allocated to create 15,552 'Adarsh Vidyalayas': Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
4 years, 1 month ago

Rs 4,684 crore allocated to create 15,552 'Adarsh Vidyalayas': Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

India TV News  

The National Research Foundation will be strengthened to promote new inventions in the country with an allocation of Rs 50,000 crore in the budget, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said on Monday. While talking about the proposed allocation of Rs 50,000 crore for the NRF, the Union Minister said, "Knowledge creation and research have an important role in developing …

Union Budget 2021: Time to invest in virtual forms of education, say experts, tell govt to plug gaps in sector
4 years, 1 month ago

Union Budget 2021: Time to invest in virtual forms of education, say experts, tell govt to plug gaps in sector

Firstpost  

Budget 2021 will require some delicate balancing act, with so many issues and consequential need gaps across sectors and education is no exception. Rohit Gajbhiye, founder, Financepeer The stakeholders are eyeing the Budget 2021 with a lot of expectations as the government has already signalled allocation of 6 percent of the GDP towards education. Shishir Kumar, Director General, ImaginXP, focused …

Punjab CM launches educational mission aiming at 100% results in schools
4 years, 4 months ago

Punjab CM launches educational mission aiming at 100% results in schools

India Today  

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, to improve the school education in the state, launched the ‘Mission Shat Pratishat’ for academic session 2020-21. Challenges of education in Covid-19 pandemic Singh talked about the challenges faced by students amid the Covid-19 era and said that the mission is aimed at further strengthening the digital education infrastructure in schools through e-books, EDUSAT lectures, …

Union Budget 2019: FICCI recommends changes in allocation of funds under education
5 years, 8 months ago

Union Budget 2019: FICCI recommends changes in allocation of funds under education

India Today  

Industry body FICCI has recommended an increase in fund allocation in several aspects of education in the upcoming Union Budget, including creation of a Rs 1,000 crore 'State Policy Reform Fund' to incentivise states for better implementation of measures such as merit-based teacher recruitment and promotions in schools. "Increase investment on student learning assessment surveys from the current Rs 12 …

FICCI recommends higher allocation for education ahead of Budget 2019
5 years, 8 months ago

FICCI recommends higher allocation for education ahead of Budget 2019

India TV News  

Industry body FICCI has recommended an increase in fund allocation in several aspects of education in the upcoming Union Budget, including creation of a Rs 1,000 crore "State Policy Reform Fund" to incentivise states for better implementation of measures such as merit-based teacher recruitment and promotions in schools. "Increase investment on student learning assessment surveys from the current Rs 12 …

Education budget pegged at ₹93,847 crore for 2019-20 amid misses
6 years, 1 month ago

Education budget pegged at ₹93,847 crore for 2019-20 amid misses

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday earmarked ₹93,847.64 crore for the education sector for 2019-20, an increase of over 10% from last budget allocation. Last year, then finance minister Arun Jaitley had allocated ₹85,010 crore for the education sector. Presenting an interim budget for 2019-20 in Parliament on Friday, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Piyush Goyal proposed the …

5,000+ teachers to be regularised to uplift education standards, says Punjab edu minister
6 years, 2 months ago

5,000+ teachers to be regularised to uplift education standards, says Punjab edu minister

India Today  

Punjab Education Minister Om Prakash Soni said on January 13 that the state government will regularise 5,178 teachers with full pay scale next month. Talking to media in Amritsar, Soni said the state government has been making efforts to uplift educational standards in the state -- reports PTI. Previous developments in Punjab's education system In November last year, OP Soni …

Good news! 50% rise in children from EWS studying in private schools under RTE, says HRD minister Prakash Javadekar
6 years, 2 months ago

Good news! 50% rise in children from EWS studying in private schools under RTE, says HRD minister Prakash Javadekar

India Today  

Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha that there has been a 50 per cent rise in the number of children belonging to EWS families studying in various private schools under the Right to Education Act, with the number rising from 20 lakh in 2014-15 to over 33 lakh in 2017-18. As per reports, Prakash …

Annual budget for interest-free education loans would increase to Rs 2,200 crore in next three years, announces Javadekar
6 years, 5 months ago

Annual budget for interest-free education loans would increase to Rs 2,200 crore in next three years, announces Javadekar

India Today  

Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar announced that the annual budget for interest-free education loans to 10 lakh students would increase to Rs 2,200 crore in next three years. Budgetary allocation to interest-free education loans According to PTI, when asked about the plan for the hike in budgetary allocation to interest-free education loans to students, Prakash Javadekar also …

2,800 govt schools in Punjab to go smart as ₹900-cr projects get nod
6 years, 9 months ago

2,800 govt schools in Punjab to go smart as ₹900-cr projects get nod

Hindustan Times  

Punjab has decided to turn 2,800 government-run primary and secondary schools in the state into smart schools in 2018-19 to make the teaching-learning process easy and more effective. The smart schools programme is among projects worth ₹900 crore approved by the Project Approval Board of the Union human resource development ministry on Thursday under the new, integrated scheme for education, …

Union Education Budget 2018: Detailed analysis of budget allocation in education sector
7 years, 1 month ago

Union Education Budget 2018: Detailed analysis of budget allocation in education sector

India Today  

The Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget for the year 2018-19 in the Parliament today. The main highlight in the education sector was to shift the 'regular blackboards' to 'digital boards' and allocation of Rs 1.38 lakh crore for 2018-2019 on health, education and social security. Here's the detailed analysis of the Union Budget 2018: Allocation of Rs …

Irregularities surface in purchase of science kits, SSA orders probe
7 years, 10 months ago

Irregularities surface in purchase of science kits, SSA orders probe

Hindustan Times  

The project headquarters of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has ordered a probe into the purchase of science kits for government-run upper primary schools after anomalies surfaced from three districts of the state. One room to be designated as ‘science lab’ in every junior high school while every Kasturba Gandhi School to have maths activity corner. Last year, the state government …

Classroom realities: What is happening in Indian education after two decades of reforms
9 years, 8 months ago

Classroom realities: What is happening in Indian education after two decades of reforms

Live Mint  

The previous two decades have seen a massive push by the government to promote literacy with higher spending and new schemes such as the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Education goes private Primary and higher education sectors saw the biggest increase in the number of students attending private institutions during this period. Calculations using NSSO data on Monthly Per Capita Expenditure show …

Punjab Govt to distribute Tablets to 1.5 lakh students
11 years, 4 months ago

Punjab Govt to distribute Tablets to 1.5 lakh students

India TV News  

Amritsar: Punjab Government will distribute Tablets to 1.5 lakh students in rural areas at a cost of Rs 110 crore. The Tablets will be given to students from this session with an aim to aware the rural students about the use of technology in education, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Inderbir Singh Bolaria said.“The government is fully committed to strengthen the higher …

Big boost to school, college education
12 years ago

Big boost to school, college education

The Hindu  

Schools and higher education got a massive allocation of Rs.20,456 crore in the budget 2013-14 keeping with the priority accorded to the sector by the government. While Primary Education got a provision of Rs.8,729.23 crore, Secondary Education was allocated Rs.7,629 crore and the Higher Education sector, Rs.2,726 crore. Of the proposed 2,100 school buildings under Rastryia Medhyamik Siksha Abhiyan scheme …

World Bank provides $1.05 bn to improve education in India
15 years ago

World Bank provides $1.05 bn to improve education in India

The Hindu  

The World Bank has approved two projects worth $ 1.05 billion for India, aimed at expanding the reach of primary schools and the quality of engineering education in the country. “The World Bank today approved two education projects worth USD 1.05 billion for India, designed to boost the number of children enrolling in and completing elementary school, and to improve …

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